Former Judge, NJ Judiciary Settle Pension Denial Fight

By George Woolston

A former New Jersey judge and the state judiciary have reached a settlement in her suit over the denial of her disability pension, according to a letter filed in state court.

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Life Insurance Co. Escapes Suit Over 401(k) Fund

By Patrick Hoff

A life insurance company defeated a proposed class action alleging it failed to remove an underperforming fund from its $2 billion 401(k) plan, with a New Jersey federal judge concluding the suit didn't provide valid comparisons to better-performing funds.

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DOT Taps Vornado Team For Penn Station Rebuild

By Grace Dixon

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday selected a master developer team to lead a major renovation of New York City's Penn Station, a team that includes Vornado Realty Trust, which controls a significant commercial footprint across adjacent blocks.

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Feds Announce First 'Deepfake' Law Arrests In Brooklyn

By Parker Quinlan

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced the arrest of two men on charges that they used artificial intelligence software to create pornographic images depicting real people without their consent, in violation of a recently enacted federal law.

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NJ Pair Settle SEC Insider Trading Suit Over CoStar Purchase

By Nate Beck

Two New Jersey men have settled charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they traded shares of a company before it was acquired by CoStar Group in April 2024 after learning of the transaction through a family member. 

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DOJ, Drugmakers Spar After Justices Snub 6 Negotiation Suits

By Jeff Overley

The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to have it both ways in drug pricing litigation, telling the U.S. Supreme Court not to intervene before additional circuits decide pending challenges and then using this week's nonintervention as ammunition against those challenges, drugmakers are arguing at appeals courts.

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States, DC Urge 10th Circ. To OK Colo. Social Media Law

By Mike Curley

A group of 43 states and the District of Columbia are asking the Tenth Circuit to reverse a trial court order blocking enforcement of a new Colorado law requiring warning labels for social media used by minors, saying that even under strict scrutiny, the law is justified to protect minors' mental health.

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AGs Seek Crackdown On Customized Food Pricing

By Nadia Dreid

Online food delivery platforms are charging people differently based on the personal data they glean from their smartphones, and the Federal Trade Commission ought to force companies to be upfront about it, say 16 state attorneys general.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lesson: Diagnose Before Arguing

Law school often skips over explicitly teaching students how to determine what kind of problem a case presents before they commit to a particular doctrinal path, which risks building arguments that are internally coherent but externally misaligned, says Melanie Oxhorn at Kobre & Kim.

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Analysis

BigLaw Deals Scandal Puts Boston Back On White Collar Map

By Chris Villani

A sweeping insider trading case involving information stolen from BigLaw firms shows a return to bread-and-butter white collar enforcement for Boston federal prosecutors and provides a morale lift in an office that has seen shifting priorities and staff turnover since the signature "Varsity Blues" takedown in 2019, veteran prosecutors told Law360.

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Goldstein Taps Ex-SG Prelogar Before Sentence, Likely Appeal

By Jeff Overley

One of the nation's most accomplished oral advocates, Tom Goldstein, revealed Thursday he has retained another of the nation's most accomplished oral advocates, Elizabeth Prelogar, ahead of his sentencing and likely appeal in a criminal tax case that has captivated the appellate bar.

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Immigration Judges' 'Anxiety' Dialed Up Amid Mass Exodus

By Emma Cueto

Current and former immigration judges spoke on a web panel Thursday about threats to the independence of immigration judges and the strains on the immigration system, such as a massive backlog of cases at a time when many judges have been pushed out or fired.

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Analysis

How Exxon Attys Beat A 10-Year-Old Securities Class Action

By Spencer Brewer

This month, Exxon Mobil's defense team helped deliver a clean sweep victory for the energy giant when a federal jury in Texas found the company did not lie to investors about the profitability of some operations.

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PBM Swaps Cravath For WilmerHale In Price-Fixing Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

Pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics LLC has replaced counsel Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP with WilmerHale and another firm in an antitrust case in Michigan federal court brought by the state's attorney general.

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Bush-Appointed Missouri Judge To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. District Judge David Gregory Kays of the Western District of Missouri will take semi-retired status in May 2027, according to an update from the federal judiciary on Thursday.

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Feature

5 Podcasts To Keep IP Attys Entertained And Informed

By Theresa Schliep

Whether intellectual property attorneys are hitting the road for a family trip or kicking their feet up at home, podcasts about legal news can offer an easy way for them to stay in the know while (hopefully) not working this Memorial Day weekend.

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